| 3006339925 | ameliorate | become better; make better; improve; enhance (ant. worsen) | 0 | |
| 3006348846 | conserve | keep from waste, loss, or decay; save (ant. waste) | 1 | |
| 3006354733 | detriment | injury, damage, or something that causes it; disadvantage (ant. advantage) | 2 | |
| 3006363919 | exotic | 1. introduced from another country; foreign (ant. native; indigenous) 2. strikingly unusual; strange | 3 | |
| 3006376121 | folly | lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking (ant. wisdom) | 4 | |
| 3006380701 | formerly | in an earlier period (ant. now) | 5 | |
| 3006383915 | former | preceding; previous (ant. latter) | 6 | |
| 3006386839 | harmony | peaceable or friendly relations; accord; agreement; tranquility; concord (ant. conflict, disharmony) | 7 | |
| 3006408821 | harmonious | friendly; amicable | 8 | |
| 3006411820 | ignore | refuse to take notice of; disregard (ant. heed) | 9 | |
| 3006414953 | ignoramus | ignorant, stupid person; dunce; dolt; dullard; nincompoop | 10 | |
| 3006420659 | impediment | something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle (ant. aid) | 11 | |
| 3006426162 | impede | interfere with or slow the progress of; hinder; obstruct | 12 | |
| 3006431270 | indolent | disposed to avoid exertion; lazy; idle; lethargic (ant. industrious) | 13 | |
| 3006437614 | intact | untouched by anything that damages or diminishes; left complete or entire; uninjured (ant. imperfect) | 14 | |
| 3006447135 | invalid(adj) | not binding in law; having no force or effect; void; nugatory (ant. valid) | 15 | |
| 3006455311 | invalid(n) | sickly or disabled person | 16 | |
| 3006461354 | noncarcinogenic | not producing. or tending to produce, cancer (ant. carcinogenic) | 17 | |
| 3006465282 | parsimonious | unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy; miserly; tightfisted (ant. generous) | 18 | |
| 3006475343 | raze | destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish; level (ant, erect) | 19 | |
| 3006480988 | reticent | inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative; reserved (ant. frank) | 20 | |
| 3006490706 | retire | 1. withdraw from active duty or business 2. go to bed (ant. rise) | 21 | |
| 3006494622 | retort(v) | answer; reply sharply or angrily (ant. ask) | 22 | |
| 3006502744 | retort(n) | quick, witty, or sharp reply; answer | 23 | |
| 3006506067 | subvert | overturn or overthrow from the foundation | 24 | |
| 3006509773 | subversion | sabotage; undermining | 25 | |
| 3006511722 | tractable | easily led, taught, or controlled; yielding; docile; amenable (ant. unruly; intractable) | 26 | |
| 3006520499 | tractability | obedience | 27 | |
| 3006535031 | baffle | bewilder; perplex; fill with confusion; puzzle; frustrate | 28 | |
| 3006667559 | cinema | movies; motion-picture industry | 29 | |
| 3006670111 | cinematography | art of making motion pictures | 30 | |
| 3006672477 | despise | look down on with contempt or disgust; loathe; regard as inferior (ant. admire) | 31 | |
| 3006677519 | despicable | worthy of contempt; contemptible (ant. laudable) | 32 | |
| 3006686633 | ebullient | overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; effervescent; high-spirited; vivacious | 33 | |
| 3006693000 | exaggerate | overstate; go beyond the limits of the actual truth; magnify (ant. minimize) | 34 | |
| 3006698787 | exaggeration | overstatement (ant. understatement) | 35 | |
| 3006726873 | exhort | arouse by words; advise strongly; urge | 36 | |
| 3006752577 | expertise | specialized skill or technical knowledge; know-how; expertness | 37 | |
| 3006758907 | finicky | excessively concerned with trifles or details; hard to please; fussy; particular; fastidious; persnickety | 38 | |
| 3006814011 | gall(v) | make sore; irritate mentally; annoy; vex | 39 | |
| 3006818272 | gall(n) | brazen boldness; nerve (ant. meekness) | 40 | |
| 3006844288 | inane | lacking significance or sense; pointless; silly; insipid; jejune; vapid (ant. deep; profound) | 41 | |
| 3006850023 | inanity | foolishness; shallowness | 42 | |
| 3006853381 | indemnify | compensate for loss, damage, or injury; reimburse; repay | 43 | |
| 3006858566 | Occident | west; countries of America and Europe (ant. Orient) | 44 | |
| 3006875715 | occidental | western (ant. oriental) | 45 | |
| 3006878370 | peruse | read; look at fairly attentively; study | 46 | |
| 3006883479 | scuffle | struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner; wrestle; grapple | 47 | |
| 3006889264 | spurn | thrust aside with disdain or contempt; reject (ant. accept) | 48 | |
| 3006892922 | stipend | fixed pay for services; salary; regular allowance awarded a scholarship winner | 49 | |
| 3006903559 | surveillance | close watch over a person, group, or area; supervision | 50 | |
| 3006908341 | tepid(adj) | moderately warm; lukewarm | 51 | |
| 3006911686 | tepidly(adv) | unenthusiastically; lukewarmly | 52 | |
| 3006922460 | wager(v) | risk (something) on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event; gamble; bet | 53 | |
| 3006928172 | wager(n) | bet | 54 | |
| 3006928197 | wane | decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink (ant. wax) | 55 | |
| 3006940828 | abhorrent | (followed by to) in conflict; utterly opposed; loathsome; repugnant; odious; abominable (ant. admirable) | 56 | |
| 3006964043 | admonish | reprove gently but seriously; warn of a fault (ant. commend) | 57 | |
| 3006970178 | admonition | gentle warning; friendly reproof | 58 | |
| 3006972707 | ambrosial | extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious; like ambrosia (the food of the gods); heavenly | 59 | |
| 3006979919 | confine | shut up; imprison; keep in narrow, cramped quarters (ant. free) | 60 | |
| 3006985215 | decade | period of ten years | 61 | |
| 3006988202 | detonate | explode with suddenness and violence; cause (something) to explode | 62 | |
| 3006991873 | ephemeral | lasting one day only; fleeting; transitory; short-lived; transient (ant. permanent) | 63 | |
| 3007000263 | gullible | easily deceived or cheated; credulous (ant. astute) | 64 | |
| 3007038011 | gull | deceive; cheat | 65 | |
| 3007041241 | haggle | dispute or argue over a price in a petty way; bargain; wrangle | 66 | |
| 3007048052 | immerse | 1. plunge or place into a liquid 2. engross; absrob | 67 | |
| 3007058612 | immersion | state of being deeply engrossed; absorption | 68 | |
| 3007062774 | insomnia | inability to sleep; abnormal wakefulness; sleeplessness | 69 | |
| 3007068387 | lapse(n) | 1. slip; error; accidental mistake; trivial fault 2. interval | 70 | |
| 3007075856 | lapse(v) | cease being in force; become invalid | 71 | |
| 3007079161 | probe | critical inquiry into suspected illegal activity; investigation | 72 | |
| 3007084099 | prober | investigator | 73 | |
| 3007088570 | render(v) | hand down officially; deliver (as a verdict); give | 74 | |
| 3007093887 | repast | food for one occasion of eating; meal | 75 | |
| 3007096014 | replenish | bring back to condition of being full; refill | 76 | |
| 3007098521 | score | group or set of twenty; twenty | 77 | |
| 3007104842 | snub(n) | act or instance of snubbing (treating with contempt); rebuff; slight; insult | 78 | |
| 3007109039 | snub(v) | treat with disdain or contempt; slight | 79 | |
| 3007112501 | suture(n) | strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body; also, stitch made with such material | 80 | |
| 3007119072 | unwittingly | unintentionally; by accident; inadvertently (ant. intentionally) | 81 | |
| 3007166852 | acquit | 1. relieve from an accusation; pronounce not guilty (ant. convict) 2. perform one's part | 82 | |
| 3007177634 | complex | having varied interrelated parts, and therefore hard to understand; complicated; intricate (ant. simple) | 83 | |
| 3007184761 | consign | give, transfer, or deliver as is by signing over | 84 | |
| 3007189750 | consignee | person to whom something is shipped | 85 | |
| 3007192428 | effrontery | shameless; boldness; insolence; gall; temerity; nerve; chutzpah | 86 | |
| 3007198884 | excruciating | causing great pain or anguish; agonizing; unbearably painful | 87 | |
| 3007220646 | forbearance | act of forbearing (refraining); abstaining (ant. anger) | 88 | |
| 3007227374 | hamper | interfere with; hinder; impede (ant. aid) | 89 | |
| 3007229967 | nettlesome | literally, full of nettles; causing annoyance or vexation | 90 | |
| 3007237549 | oblivious | (usually followed by of) forgetful; unmindful; not aware; unwitting | 91 | |
| 3007259982 | prodigious | extraordinary in amount or size; huge; colossal (ant. tiny) | 92 | |
| 3007266491 | rejuvenate | make young or youthful again; refresh | 93 | |
| 3007274325 | residue | whatever is left after a part is taken, disposed of, or gone; remainder; rest | 94 | |
| 3007331159 | salutary | favorable to health; healthful; curative; beneficial; salubrious (ant. deleterious) | 95 | |
| 3007336117 | scrutinize | examine very closely; inspect; vet | 96 | |
| 3007338659 | supersede | force out of use; displace; supplant; replace | 97 | |
| 3007343315 | sweltering | oppressively hot; torrid; sultry (ant. frigid) | 98 | |
| 3007355742 | unruffled | not upset or agitated; calm; cool; unflustered; imperturbable (ant. discomposed) | 99 | |
| 3007415220 | unwiedly | hard to wield because of size or weight | 100 | |
| 3007418779 | withdraw | 1. take back; remove (ant. deposit) 2. draw back; go away; retreat; leave (ant. advance) | 101 | |
| 3007429758 | withdrawal | 1. taking back; removal 2. drawing back; retreat; departure (ant. approach) | 102 | |
| 3007433963 | zany(adj) | having the characteristics of a clown; mildly insane; crazy; clownish; loony | 103 | |
| 3007439622 | zany(n) | clown; buffoon | 104 |
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